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Monday, April 29, 2013

Water and Ice

The lake ice was breaking up, and DH brought a chunk into the house......

holding it up to the window, I could see the crystal perforations...... looking like glass rods fused together.....


















I turned on the light for a different result....there seems to be a bug caught in the layers of ice

















 all along the road, the ditches were filled with water, and ice
ice that looked fractured
and I could see the light reflections each fracture seemed to create

















the snow was still in the bush, although it was slowly disappearing
Though the long driveway was now bare, winter was hanging on tightly
Rockman didn't seem to care that it was almost the end of April, and winter had not yet disappeared



















puddles in the road wore icy cloaks, too
approaching the beaver dam, the water flowed swiftly, creating a loud roar I had heard  at the house for the last week

the thaw had begun
roiling and boiling over the granite below










 that bright white in the upper right is the glare of the sun on the frozen beaver dam
the water broke through the dam as the thaw had begun in the forest, but the ice prevented the beavers from stopping the leaks
and so the water pooled, and cascaded over the dam, over rocks
creating a world of water and ice....























 the white is the foaming water spewing from the breach in the dam
churning in small pools
and sweeping along the bedrock

flowing downhill past huge boulders to the lake


 over logs



 Spring is on the way!


Finally!





I hope that wherever you are, you are warm and dry and enjoying sunshine.

I have a houseguest staying with me and probably won't be online much over the next few days.




Thanks for visiting.

Hugs from Suz

30 comments:

  1. Incredible photos. I imagine the beavers will fix their dam, is it a disaster if the dam breaks?

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    1. If the dam breaks, Penny, the water just runs more furiously, but no damage to the creek, just an influx of dirt and water into the lake. It’s not a huge dam, but since the thaw, I’ve not heard the roar. We saw the beaver in the lake, so I imagine the dam has been repaired. Thanks.
      hugs

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  2. Interesting post and great photos.

    Happy Spring to you ~ FlowerLady

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    1. Thanks Lorraine! Spring sure took a long time to arrive, and I’m enjoying it now it’s here.
      Hugs

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  3. Oh Suz!What a magical place you live in!Love those ice pictures.Water is really quite amazing- becoming crystals, sheets of ice etc.
    Hope you can warm up soon.

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    1. It warmed up yesterday to a lovely 21C! Lots of sunshine, Judy, and we really enjoyed it! Thanks.
      Hugs

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  4. So very beautiful, Suz! The photos of the lake ice are incredible, and the fragmented ice looks like something from the Superman movie! So glad you are thawing out. I know you are very happy to see evidence of spring!

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    1. You are so right, Starr! It’s been a long time coming, and I’m so glad it’s arrived. Have a great week!

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  5. The colors in your photos would make a beautiful crazy quilt!

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  6. Gorgeous photos, spring is so late this year, it's still cold at the moment where we live although the temperatures ate slowly going up, beautiful sunshine today, I don't think we shall get spring rather go straight into summer.
    Things are beginning to come to life many plants weeks behind, I hope your thaw will continue and you get some spring.
    Margaret

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  7. Magical pictures, spring is finally here!

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  8. How beautiful and lovely photoes, and a gorgeous nature,must have been so amazing to see, dear friend!
    Hugs,Dorthe

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  9. Mother Nature is very creative. Your photos capture the beauty and rawness of the Spring thaw. Your descriptions for the photos are wonderful and really tell the story so well. Thank you for sharing this as we do not see that here in our area. Sunshine Spring Smiles Dear...

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  10. wow, I could not handle living in Canada. I'm already planting tomatoes down here. The ice is very pretty, though.

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  11. Fascinating, Suz. Can't imagine living in all that ice and snow, but it truly is beautiful to look at. Thanks for the photos. Di.

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  12. what great shots of the ice chunk

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  13. Hi Suz - gorgeous pics you have here, I especially love the ice.... it reminds of those wonderful warm/cold Spring days when I was young. Breaking the ice on the puddles and then jumping in them was just too much fun (at least for me - my mother would likely take a different position....). You live in a wonderful place!

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  14. What a wonderful set of pictures - so beautiful. I couldn't possibly live there in all that cold, but I love seeing your photos of it. Cheers

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  15. I so much love when you have time to post photos of your wanders and especially when you tell the story with them! Beautiful, beautiful pics, thank you so much for sharing them!

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  16. Thank you for sharing those wonderful pictures. I envy you for living amidst such wonderful wild nature.

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  17. amazing photos Suz but it must have been so cold, your camera certainly has done the ice proud

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  18. Great photos Suz. Thanks for sharing them and your walk with us. Our lake is still covered with ice but the high for today is +11 so it's beginning to get a little soft.

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  19. Thanks everyone for your lovely comments- I'm sorry I'm unable to answer you as per usual but my houseguest has gone home and I'm so far behind! Have a wonderful weekend.
    Hugs from Suz

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  20. What a wonderful trip around the lake you've taken us on, thanks. No beavers?!

    Loved the glue stencil pics, my favorite is the one with 3 flowers but it's a lovely collection of work.

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    1. Thanks Emma. We don’t see the beavers until the ice thaws, but a couple days after the beaver pond had open water, we saw one large beaver doing his ‘lake rounds’. We see them often on the lake. Glad you liked the stencils, too.
      Happy Weekend.
      Hugs

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  21. thank you so much for sharing these wonderful images Susan. Ice has such intricate patterns, always different and definitely beautiful
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    1. I can’t count the number of times I’ve walked right by the ice, and not noticed its patterns, Karen. It’s so nice to have the time to notice, now, and be lucky enough to enjoy these everyday miracles Mother Nature creates.
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  22. Hello Suz, Thanks for sharing the gorgeous photos of your walk around your lovely lake..I am sure your snow is just about all melted by now... Happy Spring. Hugs Judy

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    1. Yes, it is! Yay! And now, just over two weeks later, flowers are blooming! Thanks, Judy.
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